Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are numerous kinds of industries that use powered industrial trucks. In the recycling business, internal combustion powered forklifts are commonly used. Lift truck operation requires well trained operators. Within North America, training is a requirement, and for good reason. A forklift can cause serious damage to property or personal injury if not operated safely. A loaded forklift can weight three times as much as a motor vehicle. Lift trucks are responsible for numerous industrial accidents, either as the primary or the secondary source of the accident. Reports of fatalities or injuries which involve pedestrians or operators are all too commonplace.
Training Requirement
Employers must develop and implement a training program for operators based on four factors: the types of vehicles being utilized within the workplace, the general principles of safe truck operation, the general safety requirements, based on OSHA and the certain hazards of the workplace. Training includes both practical and formal parts. At the training's completion, operators should pass an assessment showing they have the ability to operate the truck correctly. OSHA also requires that powered industrial truck operators should be trained in certain specific subject matters which is applicable to safely operating a lift truck.